Teen Literacy Tips

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. I’d also love to hear what you have to say, so please feel free to comment on any post. Thanks for visiting!Dante’s Divine Comedy continues to influence our culture’s view of hell, and yet most people haven’t read this important [...]

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One of my New Year’s resolutions is to jump start a disciplined morning schedule that includes regular prayer, exercise and intellectual growth. For intellectual growth I’ve chosen to read from Britannica’s Gateway to the Great Books, edited by Mortimer Adler, Robert Hutchins and Clifton Fadiman, three thinkers who have a profound influence on my [...]

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Which books should be on the bookshelf of every literature teacher?  The following list represents my personal picks:

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The Dangerous Book for Boys may cause a bruise or too, but Guys Write for Guys Read is a trip to the hospital waiting to happen. Where else can boys learn about peeing on electric fences, driving bikes off roofs, or vomiting with brothers?

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October is the best month of the year.  October brings golden leaves, baseball playoffs, high school football, and Halloween.  It’s no wonder so many authors and musicians have written about this most evocative of months.  Consider this passage from Ray Bradbury’s Something Wicked This Way Comes:

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